Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei | One of the Best Films of 2007

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highly recommended

Depressing, but Strangely Beautiful

I won't go into too much detail, because some better reviewers than myself have already summed up this great movie perfectly. Superb acting all-around makes this movie great. Albert Finney is one of the greatest actors of all-time, and Philip Seymour Hoffman is brilliant as always. Ethan Hawke is at his all-time best, with a wonderfully understated performance. He plays the ultimate loser, and his performance is very realistic. Marisa Tomei is naked for half the movie, so she'll get no complaints in my book.

I will say that to those who rated this movie low because it is "too depressing," you are only half-right. It is depressing, but it is true-to-life. It is about human frailty, a subject which only illuminates life for how wonderful and beautiful it really is. It is also about how one little action can snowball and bring about awful destruction, and should make one appreciate life all the more.

Great movie.

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One of the Best Films of 2007

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Director Sidney Lumet's BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD was one of the very best pictures of 2007, and it's a shame that it was ignored during the Academy Awards. Certainly the script, direction and performances were much better than in many of the films that were honored.

A melodrama in the best sense of the word, the New York-based film, written by Kelly Masterson, tells of two brothers (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke) who are desperate for money. They decide to solve their problem by holding up a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store, an easy target.

The problem is that the store owners are the boys' parents (Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris) and, during the robbery, actually carried out by Hawke's buddy, something goes terribly wrong.

Now, the brothers have to not only cover their tracks because Finney is determined to find the guilty party, but they must also deal with a blackmailer.

The climax is both shocking and violent, as everything for the brothers seems to spin out of control.

Marisa Tomei co-stars as Hoffman's wife, who just happens to be having an affair with Hawke, and Amy Ryan plays Ethan's former spouse.

You don't want to miss this one.

© Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

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A Five Star Film And Then Some!

I just saw this movie on cable tv and it's one of the most powerful movies I've ever seen. People rating this movie poorly because it's depressing, because the characters are slimy and because they can't keep up with the time jumps??? Excuse me, where was it written that movies are supposed to be happy go lucky affairs with lovable characters and easy to follow narration? The negative reviewers probably need to stick with Disney movies which I think will have more of what they're looking for in a movie.

If however you want to see a film with phenomenal acting, and with a powerful twist on the common theme of greed/money/drugs corrupting and ruining lives you've found your film. I was left emotionally exhausted after watching this movie, as I have encountered similar low and dark periods in my life. The scene where the character played by Philip Hoffman starts randomly knocking stuff over in his apartment on purpose really hit home. For anyone who's hit a similar low in their life, you'll know what I'm talking about.

I can't recommend this movie enough. I don't write many reviews on amazon and usually only take the time to do so for something I either really hated or really loved. Warning, this is not a feel good movie at all! It is meant to be depressing and the characters are meant to be slimy. That's life folks. It would be great if life was like a Walt Disney movie, but it's a big, scary, mean, depressing world out there and this movie does an amazing job of presenting it in all it's glory.

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Before the Devil Knows Your're Dead

The work of Sidney Lumet is just fantastic. His direction is so insightful. The cast was wonderful too especially Philip Seymour Hoffman. Is there any part he can't breathe life into. It is a great film.

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